Re: Setting Deafult Font Size in X

[jwb@example.com (Jim Breen)]

>> From: "SN_Diamond" <Norman.Diamond@example.com>
>> Jim Breen wrote:
>> > I can see the problem though, it's often easier in a big
>> > project to generate a set of Japanese patches than to go into battle in
>> > a foreign language (i.e. English) and convince the developers to make a
>> > heap of changes they will never use and probably can't even test.
>> 
>> That was accomplished with vim 6.0.  (Present alpha version 6.0ac,
>> considered not ready for beta yet, but nonetheless this has been done.  No
>> "j" version will be needed as far as I can tell, and I'm sure the Japanese
>> participants are making sure of that.)

Good to hear. Should be more of it.
 
>> > First we need (a) a revamp of the locale structures and rules so that
>> > I18N can really happen, and (b) a change of mind-set on the part of many
>> > open-source developers, who still live in a world where software is
>> > By_Americans_For_Americans, and I18N means supporting ISO-8859-1 at
>> > most.
>> 
>> Is Torvalds-san American already?  I know he got a job there by doing
>> something for pay instead of for free, but didn't hear about a change of
>> citizenship.

I did say "many", not "all".

Jim
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